Taylor and Kent
of Florence Works, High Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, China and Majolica manufacturers
1876 Company founded[1]
The company was controlled by the Kent family from an early stage.
1941 The company closed temporarily for the duration of the Second World War.
1947 Purchased by two brothers - Oswald and Derek Shufflebottom.
1961 the company used the trade name 'Elizabethan China'
1982 the company became Elizabethan Fine Bone China Ltd
1994 Churchill China took over Florence Works
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The date on the frontage of the works is '1876'
- [1] Potteries website